Apparently the secret to passing ObamaCare is for the President to acknowledge that all Members of Congress have something they don’t like about the bill, but to vote for it regardless: AP reports the President said in New York yesterday: “The bill you least like” improves coverage for millions, he said in New York. “Let’s make sure that we keep our eye on the prize.” | Read More »

Even if he took his shoes off, he could only count to 20. Even if someone lent him a hand, he could only count to 25. Even if he could blame the AMA in a situation where he could have easily asked a staffer to take a count, we really can’t blame him for not asking ‘who are they?’ when he was allegedly told that | Read More »

While Senator Snowe’s yes vote in the Senate Finance Committee was a shock to liberals and conservatives, it is neither a defeat for conservatives nor a victory for liberals. The bill would have passed Committee regardless of how Sen. Snowe voted. Senator Snowe, in her own words, said her vote was a maybe on the Senate floor. Smart political observers like Carrie Budoff Brown at | Read More »

Don’t let the title of this diary fool you. I think the Republican Senate minority should use the filibuster whenever they believe the Democrat majority is on the brink of passing legislation that would be bad for the country, which is likely to be a large majority of the time. However, stepping back for a moment from the results of last week’s election results, I | Read More »